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The documentary shows four very different stories of people who have swapped their life in the big city for life in the country. The general practitioner, Dr. Kerstin Smith, returns to Germany after 17 years working in England. She has taken over a practice in the 400-person village of Leuben near Meißen. The older patients in particular are happy about the new family doctor in the village. Tatjana Franz began blogging about environmental protection in 2017. She tries to live as sustainably and environmentally friendly as possible. Her move from Hanover to the small village of Neukirchen (Erzgebirge) presents her with repeated challenges. Where to shop when there are only shops for fair and long-lasting household products in distant cities like Leipzig, Chemnitz or Dresden? This is how the idea for her online shop 'daheeme' came about. Here you can buy a wide variety of things for the household. From ceramics to enamel. There are also many used things that are given a second life, because the motto is that the most sustainable products are those that do not have to be produced in the first place. Vicky Nicolai moved from Leipzig to Kreuma, a village of 162 people in Saxony, for her husband Falk. There they live in an old farm, which Vicky is increasingly converting into a recreational farm and where she and her husband also keep various animals. Her alpacas, Vanilla and Chocolate, are to become an attraction for children's birthday parties. To do this, she brings in the alpaca whisperer, who helps her tame the animals. Arielle Kohlschmidt and her husband Jan moved from Berlin to Klein Priebus, a village of 70 people in Saxony. They have been convinced city dwellers all their lives, but the peace and nature in the countryside simply always felt better. Based on their personal history, they founded the 'Raumpionierstation Oberlausitz' project. Now they accompany and advise city dwellers on their way to the countryside. Their aim is to play an active role in shaping the development of rural areas in eastern Germany. Other weekly series: • Video Stadt.Land.Wandel - More videos in the media library: https://www.mdr.de/s/lax